Plain writing about buying healthcare labor
No thought leadership, no trend decks. These are the explanations we end up giving on the phone often enough that it was easier to write them down — including the parts that argue against buying more from us.
Articles and guides
MSP or VMS — what are you actually buying?
These get sold interchangeably by vendors who offer both. They solve different problems, and buying the wrong one first is the most expensive mistake in contingent workforce management.
Read it MoneyHow to read a bill rate
Where the money in a contract hour actually goes, why the same nurse costs three different amounts in one building, and the four questions that expose a padded rate.
Read it WorkforceThe float pool math nobody runs
Most systems know their agency spend and not their variance. Here is the calculation that tells you how much of your contingent labor should have been an internal hire.
Read it Decision guideTravel, PRN, float pool, or permanent?
Four ways to cover a gap, and only one of them fits. Two questions eliminate most of the options before you compare a single rate.
Read it Decision guideMSP, in-house agency, or VMS alone?
Both models work and both fail, for different reasons. The vendor-neutrality question decides most of it — ask us harder than you ask anyone.
Read it ReferenceThe words on the invoice, in plain English
Thirty-three terms defined from the buyer's side, including the ones commonly used to obscure something.
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